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Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers - The best criminal lawyers in Melbourne!

Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers in Melbourne have been practicing in criminal law for over 21 years. Throughout our three decades of criminal law legal experience we have gained over 1000 reviews on google. Our criminal lawyers have acted for thousands of highly satisfied clients with over 770 five star reviews on google over several decades (not months or years) and 100s of great reviews on other platforms from highly satisfied clients in respect of our highly successful professional legal services and outstanding results in criminal law and driving charges both in the investigation and pre trial phase and in Melbourne courts, regional Victorian courts and interstate courts throughout Australia.

Mr Balot is a highly regarded veteran criminal lawyer from Melbourne who has been named by independent websites such as Threebestrated as the best criminal lawyer for an area of criminal law.

You can have our Principal criminal lawyer appear on your behalf for all criminal charges no matter what they are. Unlike many other principal criminal lawyers that might send junior lawyers to court because those principals or owners are too busy elsewhere, we reassure you that Mr Balot is more passionate about criminal law and court work now than ever. Consequently our principal criminal lawyer Mr Balot can appear for all clients that wish to engage him for his wealth of advocacy experience and impeccable reputation

Our Criminal Lawyers at Balot Reilly will strive to finish your case on your first court hearing and have proven track record in doing so which saves our clients time, stress and money. Our criminal lawyers do not waste legal fees on unnecessary adjournments that are regularly applied for by many other criminal lawyers costing you money and stress. Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers in Melbourne have ample time to work on criminal charges.

Our criminal lawyers work on small criminal lawyer client ratio and are instructed to put in above and beyond and leave no stone unturned for criminal law charges and driving charges. Our criminal lawyers are instructed to appear in criminal courts for a maximum of one client per day.

Many Criminal Lawyers in Melbourne and throughout Victoria (that you might have heard of) overload themselves with legal work to meet financial targets, appearing for up to 5 to 10 criminal law clients with criminal charges in court in any given day. Whilst overloading might be highly profitable for those criminal lawyers and might not matter if you’re running a sausage factory, when it comes to your freedom it matters a lot and in criminal law practice its plainly fraught with danger. Hence criminal law judges discourage such criminal law practice for a number of reasons; partly because even if you retain the best criminal lawyers in Melbourne they will inevitably compromise the quality of your representation and fail to put your best case forward, and ultimately jeopardise your freedom!

The reason is simple, Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers in Melbourne will give your case 100% of the attention that it deserves in court because their criminal lawyers only appear for one person in court per day, not 5-10 clients like many other criminal lawyers. Criminal lawyers that represent 5-10 clients per day are only dedicate 10%-20% of their attention in court to your case.

At Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers, our focus is not on numbers, its on the highest quality of legal work to save your livelihood and your freedom that are priceless! It's our motto and the secret to our incredibly successful practice! The fact that we don't overload ourselves means we can spend more time talking to our clients, investigating, preparing, liaising with you and the authorities, having enough time to focus on your best legal representation before court and at court to ensure you achieve the best outcome for your case.

Our criminal lawyers are driven by passion for criminal law and great outcomes for all our clients. Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers will not judge you, they will protect you and use their decades of professional criminal law court room experience to defend your criminal charges or driving charges with a great degree of legal knowledge, advocacy skills in court, superior negotiation and communication skills, outstanding legal skills & professional ability and impeccable reputation in Melbourne Courts and throughout Victoria and interstate. Our criminal lawyers will protect your privacy strictly confidential basis.

George Balot

Principal Criminal Lawyer

(LLB.) (BA.) (HONS.)

My name is George Balot. I am the founding principal lawyer of Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers in Melbourne Australia.

I love what I do and I invest most of my time and effort into do what I do best and that what makes an exceptional criminal lawyer for your case. I am an expert criminal lawyer in all criminal charges and also traffic offences. I have been a criminal lawyer in Melbourne for over 20 years appearing in court daily and working on the highest level of criminal law cases in Melbourne and throughout Australia.

I have extensive legal courtroom and trial experience, having handled countless criminal law legal cases and criminal law trials in courts all over Australia. I am frequently consulted by the media for my expertise in criminal law. My expert interpretations of criminal law issues and my concise explanations are highly regarded. I am a very proactive criminal defence lawyer and my criminal law defence experience extends to defending your case before court and defending your legal interests after court. I have a trusted and highly respected name in the Legal profession and I run a law practice that is on the referral service of the Victorian Law Institute.

Balot Reilly Criminal Lawyers in Melbourne practice exclusively in Criminal Law. I have represented accused persons since the commencement of my practice having acted for tradesmen, home makers, professionals, students, foreign nationals, children, fellow criminal lawyers, Doctors, accountants, actors, celebrities, sports stars, entrepreneurs etc...

I have never been a prosecutor. I communicate well with my clients using plain English and I also speak 4 languages which improves my communication with my clients.

I always defend my clients on the highest level of professional skill and ability. My legal preparation is methodical and extensive. My execution in court is shrewd and tactful. I have spent 20 years teaching criminal lawyers, criminal solicitors and criminal barristers in the Victorian Bar not only what to say but most importantly what not to say in court. I have a careful eye for detail and legal technicalities and I will leave no stone unturned for my clients. I will never give up on your freedom. My zealous advocacy reflects my passion to fight and protect my clients' rights!

I have defended clients in court rooms throughout Australia, including but not limited to:

Mr Balot is a member of various professional legal associations some of which are:

The Law Society of Western Australia

Law Institute of Victoria

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